Appendix to Marine Incident Annual Report 2023

Table A1 Distribution of incidents by severity in each vessel kind, DCV (2019-2023)

Vessel Class	Year	Less Serious	Serious	Very Serious
Passenger	2019	89.0%	10.8%	0.3%
	2020	77.4%	22.6%
	2021	75.4%	24.4%	0.3%
	2022	81.1%	18.9%
	2023	73.7%	26.3%
Non-Passenger	2019	85.4%	13.3%	1.4%
	2020	74.1%	25.2%	0.6%
	2021	72.1%	27.1%	0.8%
	2022	74.5%	24.7%	0.8%
	2023	76.8%	22.7%	0.5%
Hire & Drive	2019	85.9%	14.1%
	2020	61.5%	36.9%	1.5%
	2021	63.6%	35.1%	1.3%
	2022	76.6%	20.8%	2.6%
	2023	70.7%	26.8%	2.7%
Fishing	2019	78.4%	18.1%	3.4%
	2020	46.5%	50.0%	3.5%
	2021	50.0%	46.4%	3.6%
	2022	50.9%	46.5%	2.6%
	2023	54.9%	43.4%	1.6%

Table A2 Proportion of vessels reporting an incident by class and state, DCV 202 3.

Class	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	Total
Passenger	30.9%	9.2%	23.7%	16.3%	20.5%	12.8%	22.8%	23.9%
Non-Passenger	2.2%	5.0%	5.1%	1.5%	2.1%	2.9%	3.9%	3.5%
Fishing	1.3%	4.7%	1.7%	1.1%	1.7%	3.7%	2.2%	1.7%
Hire & Drive	1.2%		4.1%	1.1%		1.6%	1.0%	2.0%
Total	4.6%	4.8%	6.0%	1.8%	2.8%	3.4%	5.2%	4.6%

Table A3. Incident reports by state and vessel class, DCV 2019-2023

State	Vessel Class	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
NSW	Fishing	6	15	18	11	17
	Hire & drive	4	12	18	14	20
	Non-passenger	33	68	76	66	75
	Passenger	98	100	146	176	184
	Total	141	195	258	267	296
NT	Fishing	11	16	13	15	9
	Hire & drive		2
	Non-passenger	8	13	25	22	25
	Passenger	5	5	21	12	9
	Total	24	36	59	49	43
QLD	Fishing	55	40	45	45	41
	Hire & drive	51	43	38	42	45
	Non-passenger	107	130	151	160	186
	Passenger	145	104	139	206	198
	Total	358	317	373	453	470
SA	Fishing	9	7	6	8	12
	Hire & drive	7	2	3	4	3
	Non-passenger	9	21	21	14	12
	Passenger	15	11	12	12	11
	Total	40	41	42	38	38
TAS	Fishing	15	15	13	10	18
	Non-passenger	4	1	11	12	11
	Passenger	5	7	15	10	14
	Total	24	23	39	32	43
VIC	Fishing	3	7	4	5	7
	Hire & drive	12	2	12	12	9
	Non-passenger	24	16	29	33	32
	Passenger	25	4	17	15	21
	Total	64	29	62	65	69
WA	Fishing	16	14	11	20	18
	Hire & drive	4	4	6	5	5
	Non-passenger	34	64	63	61	65
	Passenger	42	35	48	69	66
	Total	96	117	128	155	154
other Australian Territories	Fishing	1
	Non-passenger
	Passenger					1
	Total	1				1
Total		748	758	961	1059	1114

Table A4 Person overboard incidents and POB life jacket status by vessel length and class, DCV (2022)¹

Vessel Class	Measured Length Groups	Man overboard unknown lifejacket	Man overboard with a lifejacket	Man overboard without a lifejacket	Total
Fishing	1. 0-7.5m		1	1	2
	2. 7.5-12m	1	1		2
	3. 12-24m	3	1	1	5
	4. 24-35m	1			1
	Total	4	2	2	10
Hire & Drive	1. 0-7.5m	1	3	1	5
	2. 7.5-12m	1	1		2
	3.12-24m		1		1
	Total	2	5	1	8
Non-Passenger	1. 0-7.5m		15	3	18
	2. 7.5-12m	2	4		6
	3. 12-24m	1	5		6
	4. 24-35m	1
	6. 45+m		1		1
	Other		2		2
Passenger	Total	4	27	3	34
	2. 7.5-12m	2	2	4	8
	3. 12-24m	3	3	11	17
	4. 24-35m	2	2	6	10
	5. 35-45m		1	1	2
	6. 45+m			2	2
	Total	7	8	24	39
Total		18	43	30	91

Table A5 Vessel consequence by vessel class, DCV (2023)

Vessel Class (groups)	Fishing	Hire & Drive	Non-Passenger	Passenger	Total
Level 2	Count of Incident ID	Count of Incident ID	Count of Incident ID	Count of Incident ID	Count of Incident ID
Collision	7	8	6	14	35
Grounding	8	4	14	8	34
Other	7	5	10	12	34
Contact	3	3	8	17	31
Disabled	8		8	10	26
Flooding	9	2	9	4	24
Hull Failure/Damage	4	2	8	7	21
Foundering/Sinking/Loss	8	4	4	3	19
Listing/Capsize	4	2	12	1	19
Fire Machinery/Work Space	2		6	8	16
Machinery Failure/Damage	1	1	4	3	9
Evacuation	1		2	1	4
Smoke			3	1	4
Breakaway		1	1		2
Fire Other	1	1			2
Close Quarters				1	1
Fire Accommodation				1	1

Table A6 Top 5 Operational and Technical incident circumstances by class, DCV (2019-2023)

OPERATIONAL
Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Hire & Drive	Vessel Control and Navigation	92.83%
Hire & Drive	Communication	2.95%
Hire & Drive	Operational Access	2.95%
Hire & Drive	Maintenance	2.53%
Hire & Drive	Sailing	1.69%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Fishing	Vessel Control and Navigation	69.32%
Fishing	Cargo Handling Stores	19.92%
Fishing	Communication	6.37%
Fishing	Maintenance	4.78%
Fishing	Operational Access	3.59%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Non-Passenger	Vessel Control and Navigation	74.68%
Non-Passenger	Operational Access	8.98%
Non-Passenger	Maintenance	7.58%
Non-Passenger	Cargo Handling Stores	6.30%
Non-Passenger	Communication	5.83%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Passenger	Vessel Control and Navigation	69.84%
Passenger	Operational Access	13.86%
Passenger	Diving/Snorkelling	8.76%
Passenger	Communication	6.43%
Passenger	Cargo Handling Stores	4.55%

TECHNICAL
Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Hire & Drive	Power Propulsion and Steering	38.30%
Hire & Drive	Vessel Systems	34.04%
Hire & Drive	Engineering Systems	14.89%
Hire & Drive	Structure	8.51%
Hire & Drive	Access	2.13%
Hire & Drive	Cargo and stores	2.13%
Hire & Drive	Communication Equipment	2.13%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Fishing	Communication Equipment	3.40%
Fishing	Navigational Monitoring Equipment	3.40%
Fishing	Structure	10.88%
Fishing	Vessel Systems	19.73%
Fishing	Engineering Systems	23.81%
Fishing	Power Propulsion and Steering	43.54%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Non-Passenger	Power Propulsion and Steering	51.39%
Non-Passenger	Engineering Systems	23.24%
Non-Passenger	Vessel Systems	22.81%
Non-Passenger	Structure	5.97%
Non-Passenger	Navigational Monitoring Equipment	3.62%

Vessel Class (groups)	Level 2	%GT Count of Incident ID
Passenger	Power Propulsion and Steering	65.05%
Passenger	Engineering Systems	21.98%
Passenger	Vessel Systems	10.33%
Passenger	Structure	4.62%
Passenger	Access	2.64%

Table A7 Proportion of vessel arrivals, reported marine incidents categorised by very serious and serious by vessel type, FF vessels (2023)

Ship Type	% of Arrivals (Ship Type)	Count of Marine INcident ID	% reported incidents (Ship Type)	Very Serious & Serious Incidents	Very S & Serious incidents %
wood-chip carrier	1.3%	29	0.7%	2	0.7%
vehicle carrier	3.6%	90	2.1%	7	2.3%
tugboat	2.4%	74	1.7%	19	6.2%
special purpose ship	0.4%	32	0.7%	4	1.3%
ro-ro passenger ship	0.1%	12	0.3%	2	0.7%
ro-ro cargo ship	0.5%	41	0.9%	5	1.6%
refrigerated cargo vessel	0.1%	1	0.0%	1	0.3%
passenger ship	1.1%	199	4.6%	16	5.2%
other types of ship	2.1%	66	1.5%	10	3.2%
oil tanker/NLS tanker	0.0%
oil tanker/gas carrier	0.0%	1	0.0%
oil tanker/chemical tanker	3.4%	130	3.0%	7	2.3%
oil tanker	4.0%	149	3.4%	9	2.9%
offshore service vessel	0.5%	34	0.8%	2	0.7%
NLS tanker	0.3%	16	0.4%	2	0.7%
MODU or FPSO	0.0%	12	0.3%	2	0.7%
livestock carrier	0.3%	32	0.7%	7	2.3%
heavy load carrier	0.4%	16	0.4%	1	0.3%
general cargo/multi-purpose ship	5.4%	246	5.7%	30	9.8%
gas carrier/NLS tanker	0.0%
gas carrier	3.9%	137	3.2%	11	3.6%
container ship	5.2%	565	13.1%	46	15.0%
commercial yacht	0.0%
combination carrier	0.2%	27	0.6%	2	0.6%
chemical tanker	1.5%	53	1.2%	4	1.3%
bulk carrier	62.8%	2344	54.1%	112	36.5%

Table A8 Operational activity associated with crew injury by vessel type, FF and RAV (2023)

Vessel type	Cargo handling stores	Maintenance	Operational access	Vessel control and navigation	Accommodation/Hotel Services
Bulk carrier	17	25	13	2	0
Container vessel	4	7	3	0	0
Gas carrier		2	2	1	0
General cargo/ multi-purpose	5	7	1	2	1
Livestock carrier	1	1	0	0	0
Oil tanker	2	5	2	1	1
Other	10	12	5	5	2
Passenger vessel	1	4	6	0	1
Vehicle carrier	1	1	0	0	1

Table A9 Top 10 equipment failures associated with technical occurrences, FF and RAV (2020-2023)

Sub-category of technical occurrences	Equipment failed	2020	2021	2022	2023
Power Propulsion and Steering	Main Engine/Gearing	336	351	364	322
Vessel Systems	Ballast	148	238	345	407
Navigational Monitoring Equipment	Radar	207	194	235	205
Vessel Systems	Mooring/Anchoring	206	218	221	165
Access	Pilot/Combination Ladder	229	139	199	114
Communication Equipment	GMDSS	154	163	199	145
Power Propulsion and Steering	Auxiliary Engines/Alternators	149	175	144	184
Navigational Monitoring Equipment	VDR	92	96	110	101
Navigational Control Equipment	Gyro/Magnetic Compass	88	106	104	82
Engineering Systems	Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems	88	81	107	91

Table A10 Top-3 technical failures by vessel type as proportion of all incidents, FF and RAV (2023)

Vessel type	Technical occurrence types, % of vessels-type incidents
Vessel type	Technical occurrence types, % of vessels-type incidents
Bulk carrier	Vessel Systems 20.9%	Engineering Systems 17.2%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 15.4%
Vehicle carrier	Power Propulsion and Steering 24.7%	Vessel Systems 17.6%	Engineering Systems 10.6%
Container	Power Propulsion and Steering 23.4%	Engineering Systems 15.8%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 13.7%
vessel	Power Propulsion and Steering 23.4%	Engineering Systems 15.8%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 13.7%
Gas carrier	Vessel Systems 19.8%	Power Propulsion and Steering 16.0%	Engineering Systems 14.5%
General cargo/multi-purpose vessel	Power Propulsion and Steering 18.6%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 13.1%	Engineering Systems 12.7%
Livestock carrier	Power Propulsion and Steering 45.2%	Communication Equipment 9.7%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 9.7%
Oil tanker	Engineering Systems 19.6%	Vessel Systems 17.45	Power Propulsion and Steering 15.3%
Passenger vessel	Power Propulsion and Steering 9.4%	Engineering Systems 5.6%	Vessel Systems 4.4%
Other	Power Propulsion and Steering 18.9%	Engineering Systems 14.0%	Navigational Monitoring Equipment 9.0%
Other	Power Propulsion and Steering 18.9%	Engineering Systems 14.0%	Vessel Systems 9.0%

Table A11 Persons overboard by vessel type, FF and RAV (2023)

SDASDF

Container vessel	Passenger	Seafarer	Other
Bulk carrier		4
Container vessel			1
General cargo/ multi-purpose		1
Other	2	1
Passenger vessel		1

Table A12 DCV fatalities by year, state and vessel class, (2018-2023)

State	Crew						Passenger
Vessel class	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2019	2021	2022	2023
NSW
Passenger							1
Non-passenger				1
Hire & drive										1
NT
Non-passenger
Fishing	1		1
QLD
Non-passenger			1
Fishing		2	1			1
Other										1
TAS
Fishing			1	1
WA
Passenger								1

¹ Unintentional POBs only.

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